Passengers rescue man trapped between train and platform (VIDEO)

Several dozen passengers pushed a train in Australia to help a fellow commuter, whose leg got stuck in between a carriage and platform.

A man was about to board a center bound train at Stirling station
in Perth, Western Australia, when his leg slipped into a gap.

The episode and what followed next was captured by CCTV cameras
and later posted online by the Public Transport Authority of
Western Australia.

The train driver was instructed not to move the vehicle, while
the station staff started thinking of the ways to get the man out
of the trap. Witnesses say the first idea was to ask all the
passengers to move to the opposite side of the train, so that it
would tilt from the platform, but that didn’t work.

Next, around 50 passengers started pushing the train and it
eventually yielded to their team effort.

"We were really fortunate that the staff were there straight
away... and all of the passengers not only listened to the
instructions from staff, but pitched in and helped,”
Transperth spokeswoman Claire Krol told AFP.

"This is a real case of passengers working together... and
people power are the perfect words to describe it," she
added.